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Provedor de dados: 	31	
País: 	United States	
Título: 	Framing Obesity in Economic Theory and Policy	
Autores: 	Mann,   Stefan.	
Data: 	2006-06-20	
Ano: 	2006	
Palavras-chave: 	Welfare economics; Second-order preferences; Health economics; Health Economics and Policy.	
Resumo: 	While obesity is a growing problem that entails considerable costs, its causes for individuals are not yet well understood in economic terms. Three explanatory approaches are explored: obesity as a rational decision pursued by the individual, obesity as a problem of too little information and obesity as the result of a weak will. While the recent rise in obesity can be explained rationally by a changed environment, information deficiencies and akrasia contribute to explaining its frequency. If the state intervenes, a fat tax carries much higher allocative losses than taxing overweight directly.	
Tipo: 	Conference Paper or Presentation	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	22684

http://purl.umn.edu/25619	
Editor: 	AgEcon Search	
Relação: 	International Association of Agricultural Economists&gt;2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia

Contributed Paper	
Formato: 	17

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